Qosmio G30 Laptop with HD DVD: Cool but expensive

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From press release today.

Cool but $3,000 for a laptop is a lot of dough these days!

MARKHAM, ON – October 3, 2006 – Toshiba of Canada ISG today launched the new Qosmio G30 audio visual personal computer that offers top of line features for powerful computing and multimedia entertainment. The new Qosmio G30 is powered with the new Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and features an HD DVD Super Multi double layer drive for viewing the latest HD DVD flicks.

The Qosmio G30 is a television, digital music player, computer and HD DVD player all in one. Toshiba’s award-winning Qosmio G30 comes with a remote control and has 17-inch wide monitor with ultimate Trubrite ™ display and a built in TV-tuner that enables streaming of high definition television signals. The high performance notebook computer entertainment system offers a superior sound system with built-in harman/kardon ® Bass Reflex Stereo speakers, a 1-bit Digital Amplifier and Dolby ® Home Theater ™ Digital audio enhancements.

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The Qosmio G30 boasts 2GB of DDR2 memory, 220 GB of hard disk drive and built in wireless LAN for mobile computing. It packs in an NVIDIA ® GeForce ™ Go 7600 Graphics controller with 256MB of DDR video memory, Microsoft ® Windows ® XP MCE 2005 for multimedia entertainment. The Qosmio G30 will retail for the suggested list price of $2,999.